RATLAM: A 13-year-old woman was allegedly raped and killed by three males in a village in Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh, police stated on Monday (September 6).

All of the three accused, aged between 21 years and 23 years, have been arrested for his or her alleged function within the crime which occurred on Saturday night time, stated Superintendent of Police Gaurav Tiwari.

The woman was final seen by her members of the family when she stepped out of her residence to purchase grocery gadgets at round 7 pm on Saturday in Gurjarpada village, about 20 kms away from the district headquarters, he stated.

“When she didn’t return for a very long time, her members of the family approached the police,” the SP stated. He stated police personnel discovered the grocery gadgets bought by the woman in a dilapidated construction.

“In the meantime, police additionally acquired details about the woman’s physique mendacity in an agriculture subject close to the principle street. Prima facie, she was killed after rape,” Tiwari stated.

Throughout investigation, police got here to know that Kalu Singh Ninama, Deepak Singh and Ravi Singh Ninama had been seen on the street the place the woman’s physique was discovered, he stated.

They had been arrested on Monday on a tip-off, he added. “The accused confessed that they raped the woman and later drowned her in a pond,” the police officer stated. They had been booked underneath numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for abduction, rape and homicide, and underneath provisions of the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences (POCSO), he stated.